Drug Addiction and Drug Policy : The Struggle to Control Dependence.
Heymann, Philip B.
Drug Addiction and Drug Policy : The Struggle to Control Dependence. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (284 pages) - Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Series . - Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Drug Policy with a New Focus -- 1. Toward a Balanced Drug-Prevention Strategy: A Conceptual Map -- 2. Drug Users and Drug Dealers -- 3. Is Addiction a Chronic, Relapsing Disease? -- 4. Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease? -- 5. If Addiction Is Involuntary, How Can Punishment Help? -- 6. Controlling Drug Use and Crime with Testing, Sanctions, and Treatment -- 7. Limits on the Role of Testing and Sanctions -- 8. How Should Low-Level Drug Dealers Be Punished? -- 9. Reflections on Drug Policy and Social Policy -- Postscript -- Contributors.
Do drug addicts have an illness, or is the addiction under their control? Should they be treated as patients or as criminals? Challenging the conventional wisdom, the authors draw on recent debate in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology to show that these standard dichotomies are themselves false.
9780674038622
Substance abuse-United States.
Substance abuse-United States-Prevention.
Drug abuse-United States-Prevention.
Drug abuse-Government policy-United States.
Drug control-United States.
Drugs of abuse-Law and legislation-United States.
Electronic books.
RC564
362.29/0973
Drug Addiction and Drug Policy : The Struggle to Control Dependence. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (284 pages) - Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Series . - Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Drug Policy with a New Focus -- 1. Toward a Balanced Drug-Prevention Strategy: A Conceptual Map -- 2. Drug Users and Drug Dealers -- 3. Is Addiction a Chronic, Relapsing Disease? -- 4. Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease? -- 5. If Addiction Is Involuntary, How Can Punishment Help? -- 6. Controlling Drug Use and Crime with Testing, Sanctions, and Treatment -- 7. Limits on the Role of Testing and Sanctions -- 8. How Should Low-Level Drug Dealers Be Punished? -- 9. Reflections on Drug Policy and Social Policy -- Postscript -- Contributors.
Do drug addicts have an illness, or is the addiction under their control? Should they be treated as patients or as criminals? Challenging the conventional wisdom, the authors draw on recent debate in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology to show that these standard dichotomies are themselves false.
9780674038622
Substance abuse-United States.
Substance abuse-United States-Prevention.
Drug abuse-United States-Prevention.
Drug abuse-Government policy-United States.
Drug control-United States.
Drugs of abuse-Law and legislation-United States.
Electronic books.
RC564
362.29/0973